# Hinksey

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English place name

**Hinksey** is a [place name](/source/Place_name) associated with [Oxford](/source/Oxford) and [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire). In 1974, many of the places associated with the name were transferred from the county of [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) in the [county boundary changes](/source/List_of_Berkshire_boundary_changes).

## History

The place name is of [Old English](/source/Old_English) origin. It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form "Hengestesige", and probably means "stallion island".[1] It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical [Hengest](/source/Hengest). Place names ending in “-ey” (“island”, commonly used of higher ground in a marshy area) are of early formation, probably names bestowed by the first English farmers who tackled the area.[2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316.[3]

Hinxey Hall was located in Oxford during the 14th to 16th centuries.[4]

Conduit House, a roofed reservoir at Hinksey for Oxford's first water mains, built during the early 17th century

The [Carfax Conduit](/source/Carfax_Conduit) from [Harcourt Hill](/source/Harcourt_Hill) ([North Hinksey](/source/North_Hinksey)) to [Carfax](/source/Carfax%2C_Oxford) in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617.[5]

[Hinksey Halt railway station](/source/Hinksey_Halt_railway_station) served [New Hinksey](/source/New_Hinksey) in south Oxford during 1908−15. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey.[6]

## Geography

There are now two villages, [North Hinksey](/source/North_Hinksey) to the west of the city of Oxford and [South Hinksey](/source/South_Hinksey) to the southwest.[3] [Hinksey Stream](/source/Hinksey_Stream) runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames). [Hinksey Hill Farm](/source/Hinksey_Hill_Farm) lies on [Hinksey Hill](/source/Hinksey_Hill), close to South Hinksey. [Ferry Hinksey Road](/source/Ferry_Hinksey_Road) is a road in west Oxford. There is also a suburb called [New Hinksey](/source/New_Hinksey) to the south of the town centre, which contains the [Oxford City Council](/source/Oxford_City_Council) ward Hinksey Park. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an [open-air swimming pool](/source/Open-air_swimming_pool), off [Abingdon Road](/source/Abingdon_Road).[7]

## Culture

The watercolour painter [William Turner](/source/William_Turner_(artist)) (1789–1862) painted many views of [Oxford](/source/Oxford) from the Hinksey area,[8] including *Oxford from above Hinksey*[9] and *Oxford from [Hinksey Hill](/source/Hinksey_Hill)*.[10]

John Ruskin's road builders at Ferry Hinksey

The art critic [John Ruskin](/source/John_Ruskin) (1819–1900) used to walk between [Abingdon](/source/Abingdon-on-Thames), where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and [Oxford](/source/Oxford).[11] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area.[12]

[Laurence Binyon](/source/Laurence_Binyon) (1869–1943) wrote a poem entitled *Ferry Hinksey*.[13]

[Matthew Arnold](/source/Matthew_Arnold) (1822–1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems *[Thyrsis](/source/Thyrsis_(poem))* and *[The Scholar Gipsy](/source/The_Scholar_Gipsy)*.

## Sport

Hinksey Pool was the original home of [Hinksey Sculling School](/source/Hinksey_Sculling_School), a community rowing club.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Mills, A. D.; Room, A. (1998). *A Dictionary of British Place-Names*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gelling, M. (1988). "Towards a Chronology for Early English Place Names". In Hooke, D. (ed.). *Anglo-Saxon Settlements*. pp. 71, 73.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lethbridge88_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lethbridge88_3-1) Lethbridge, Richard (1988). "Hinkseys, The". *Oxfordshire and Berkshire*. [The New Shell Guides](/source/The_New_Shell_Guides). London: [Michael Joseph](/source/Michael_Joseph_(publisher)). p. 108. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7181-2908-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7181-2908-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Steane, John (1996). *Oxfordshire*. London: Pimlico, [Random House](/source/Random_House). p. 197. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7126-6199-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7126-6199-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Jessup, Mary (1975). *A History of Oxfordshire*. The Darwen County History Series. London and Chichester: [Phillimore](/source/Phillimore_%26_Co._Ltd.). p. 114. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85033-206-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85033-206-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hibbert_6-0)** [Hibbert, Christopher](/source/Christopher_Hibbert), ed. (1988). "Hinksey Park". *[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Oxford)*. [Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers). p. 185. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-333-39917-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-333-39917-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-occ_7-0)** ["Parks in Oxford – Hinksey Park"](https://www.oxford.gov.uk/directory_record/913/hinksey_park). [Oxford City Council](/source/Oxford_City_Council). Retrieved 23 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Harrison, Colin (2000). *Turner's Oxford*. [Ashmolean Museum](/source/Ashmolean_Museum). pp. 29, 35, 40, 84. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1854441386](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1854441386).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Stevenson, Geoffrey (1977). *Oxfordshire*. Barracuda Guide to County History. Vol. II. Chesham: Barracuda Books. p. 73. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86023-026-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86023-026-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["William Turner of Oxford ... Oxford from Hinksey Hill"](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6381312). [Christie's](/source/Christie's). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Batchelor, John (2000). *John Ruskin: No Wealth But Life*. London: [Chatto & Windus](/source/Chatto_%26_Windus). p. 290. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-856-19580-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-856-19580-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Wilde, Oscar (1908). ["Art and the Handicraftsman"](https://www.wilde-online.info/art-and-the-handicraftsman.html). In Ross, Robert (ed.). *Essays and Lectures*. [Methuen and Co.](/source/Methuen_Publishing)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Binyon, Laurence](/source/Laurence_Binyon) (1982). "Ferry Hinksey". In [Fraser, Antonia](/source/Antonia_Fraser) (ed.). *Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse*. [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 30.

## External links

- Media related to [Hinksey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hinksey) at Wikimedia Commons

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